M-bus configuration and readout software ACT531 User s guide

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1 s M-bus configuration and readout software ACT531 User s guide 012_A6V _en_c Building Technologies

2 Published by: Siemens Switzerland Ltd. Building Technologies Division International Headquarters Theilerstrasse 1a CH-6300 Zug Switzerland Tel Siemens Switzerland Ltd, 2016 Subject to change 2 / 36 Building Technologies

3 Contents 0 About this document Revision history Referenced documents Before you start Copyright Quality assurance Document use/ request to the reader Acronyms Overview About this document Software functions Connect and install Software installation Connect the PC to the level converter Connect the PC to the RF converter Operation Login Homepage Plant menu Create new plant Open an existing plant Plant information Plant settings Wired (M-bus) Wireless (wm-bus) Delete plants Close plant Readout menu Settings menu Settings for the ACT531 software Exit menu Technical data Building Technologies Contents / 36

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5 0 About this document 0.1 Revision history Version Date Changes Section Pages First draft Additions for RF converter Note on reading out meters Software installation Referenced documents Ref. Document title Document type Document no. [1] M-bus level converter, RF converter, and web server User s guide A6V [2] M-bus level converter Data sheet A6V [3] M-bus level converter Mounting instructions A6V [4] M-bus web server Data sheet A6V [5] M-bus web server Mounting instructions A6V [6] M-bus RF converter Data sheet A6V [7] M-bus RF converter Mounting instructions A6V Before you start Copyright This document may be duplicated and distributed only with the express permission of Siemens, and may be passed on only to authorized persons or companies with the required technical knowledge Quality assurance These documents were prepared with great care. The contents of all documents are checked at regular intervals. All necessary corrections are included in subsequent versions. Documents are automatically amended as a consequence of modifications and corrections to the products described. Please make sure that you are aware of the latest document revision date. If you find any lack of clarity while using this document, or if you have any criticisms or suggestions, please contact your local POC at the nearest branch office. Addresses for Siemens RCs are available at Building Technologies About this document / 36

6 0.3.3 Document use/ request to the reader Before using our products, it is important that you read the documents supplied with or ordered at the same time as the products (equipment, applications, tools etc.) carefully and in full. We assume that persons using our products and documents are authorized and properly trained and have the requisite technical knowledge to use our products as intended. Additional information on products and applications is available: On the intranet (for Siemens employees only) at At your nearest Siemens branch office or at your system supplier From the support team in the headquarters if no local POC is available. Siemens assumes no liability to the extent allowed under the law for any losses resulting from a failure to comply with the aforementioned points or for the improper compliance of the same Acronyms M-bus Meter Bus USB Universal Serial Bus 6 / 36 Building Technologies About this document

7 1 Overview 1.1 About this document Purpose The document provides information on configuring the level converter WTV531- GA5060 and the RF converter WTX660-E05060 as well as reading devices connected to the level converter. 1.2 Software functions The software enables commissioning, communication, and maintenance of the WTV531-GA5060 level converter and configuring the RF converter WTX660- E It further permits reading consumption data on up to 1,000 (logical) M-bus devices connected to the level converter. A Level converter as master B PC with ACT531 software Function overview The following functions are available: Reading of meter data and device status via primary or secondary addresses. Organize your plants with the most important information Generating reports with the readout and store them on a local PC. Permit the firmware update of the level converter Displaying of alarms in real time. Configuring the RF converter: Change the Mesh ID and channel ID Updating the RF converter firmware Building Technologies Overview / 36

8 Note 2 Connect and install Install the ACT531M-bus configuration and readout software, version 2, before connecting devices to the PC with USB. The level converter and RF converter cannot be connected to the PC at the same time. 2.1 Software installation Double-click the installation file (.exe) and select the language for installation: Follow the installation wizard: Accept the license agreement: Select the installation folder: 8 / 36 Building Technologies Connect and install

9 Create a desktop icon as desired: Installation is completed: The installation wizard requests that you install the Visual C runtime environment on the PC is not already installed: Building Technologies Connect and install / 36

10 You now have all the required components and can start the software. 10 / 36 Building Technologies Connect and install

11 Note You can no longer use the read out software ACT531 to read devices connected to the level converter if a level converter WTV531.. is connected to an M-bus web server WTV676. You must disconnect the level converter from the web server to read out meter data. Then connect the level converter to the PC using a USB cable. Additional information on connecting the level converter with the PC is available in the Section Connect the PC to the level converter, page Fehler! Textmarke nicht definiert.. Read the meter data using the read out software ACT531. Additional information on reading out meter data is available in Section Readout, page Fehler! Textmarke nicht definiert.. Disconnect the level converter from the PC after reading out the meter data. Then reconnect the level converter to the web server. This connects terminals (1) and (2) of the level converter to terminals M1 (4) and M2 (5) on the M-bus web server. 1 M-bus web server 2 Level converter 2.2 Connect the PC to the level converter A USB cable with a mini USB-B connection on the level converter and the PC's USB interface is used to connect the level converter and PC. No drivers need be installed prior to connecting the level converter to the PC. Procedure 1. Power up the level converter with the proper power supply (AC/DC 24 V). 2. Wait until the level converter's USB-LED starts to flash (ca s after switching on). 3. Connect the level convert with the PC using the USB cable. 4. Wait until the PC confirms that it has recognized the USB device. 5. Restart the PC if required. 11 / 36 Building Technologies Connect and install

12 2.3 Connect the PC to the RF converter Note The RF converter is connected to the PC with a USB cable using the mini USB B interface on the RF converter and the standard USB interface on the PC. The cable is not included with the product. You can use an off-the-shelf cable. Procedure 1. Connect the RF converter to the PC using the USB cable. 2. Wait until the PC recognizes the RF converter. 3. Restart the PC as needed. 12 / 36 Building Technologies Connect and install

13 3 Operation 3.1 Login A login pane opens when starting the program. Enter the user name and password. These are by default: Username: admin Password: admin After initial sign in, change the user name and password in order to protect the plant data stored on your PC against unauthorized access. Select the desired operating language from the drop-down list and confirm the entry by clicking Login. Note The selected language is now saved for the next time the program is started. You can change the language at any time. 13 / 36

14 3.2 Homepage The software homepage opens after signing in: This pane displays the present state of the level converter or the RF converter and software: Displays the signed-in user. Displays the name of the current plant. Displays activity on the M-bus. Displays the momentary connection state with the level converter or the RF converter. Connected: The level converter or RF converter is correctly connected to the PC. Initialization in progress: Checks for level converter or RF converter firmware updates. Not connected!: The level converter or RF converter is not connected to the PC. Displays the current PC date and time. Software main menu: Access to the Plant menu. Access to the Read out menu. Access to the Settings. Exits the software. Submenus below the main menu: Plant: If no plant is currently opened: Select plant: Select the plant to open. New plant: Create a new plant. If a plant is currently opened: Plant information: A summary of plant data. Plant settings: Edits the plant data. Wired (M-bus): You can edit the device settings, search for devices connected to M-bus, or re-read out present device data. Wireless (wm-bus): You can edit the settings for the RF converters or manage the meter index. Delete plant: Deletes the currently opened plant. 14 / 36

15 Close plant: Closes the currently opened plant. Readout: If no plant is currently opened: Open readout: Accesses the read data from all plants and generates a report in xls or csv format. If a plant is currently opened: Open readout: Accesses the read data from opened plants and generates a report in xls or csv format. Settings: M-bus interface: Accesses the settings on the M-bus interface (level converter). ACT531: Accesses the settings for the ACT531 software. Exit: Exits the software. Back up all edited data prior to closing the program! Displays the data as per the selected main and submenu. 15 / 36

16 3.3 Plant menu In the Plant menu, you have access to the following submenus: Select plant New plant Create new plant Select the New plant submenu: You can enter information on the plant (fields in cursive are mandatory): Plant name: Enter a unique name for the plant. Plant owner data: Name / Company name Address Phone Plant data: Plant address Installer Installation date Acquisition period: The field is intended for remind the user to manually readout the data (no automatic readout process). Building administrator data: Name / Company name Address Phone Plant description: Enter an additional description and comment on the plant. Click OK to save the data and open the plant. 16 / 36

17 3.3.2 Open an existing plant Select the Select plant submenu: Displays a list of plants saved to date. Some associated plant data is displayed in the right pane. Select the plant for editing. Click Open plant to confirm Plant information The Plant information submenu displays after creating a new plant or opening an existing one. It provides an overview of the most important plant data, e.g. plant, number of meters, RF converter number, date of next acquisition. 17 / 36

18 3.3.4 Plant settings The panel displays the plant data entered thus far. You can adapt the data as needed. For a detailed description of all fields, see Section Create new plant on page / 36

19 3.3.5 Wired (M-bus) Meter setup You can edit device settings on previously saved devices: Click the to delete the corresponding device. Caution! All data for the device is irretrievably deleted. 19 / 36

20 Meter setup Meter data The fields in the pane can be edited: Fabrication number / serial number of the device Device name Description 1 Description 2 Installation date: The data is filled out automatically during the "Meter search" process. You can manually edit the entry. Primary address: Displays the primary address (1 250), used to address the device over M-bus. Manufacturer code Version: Displays the device version Physical medium: Displays the medium acquired by the device. Baud rate: Displays the transmission rate between the device and the level converter. Addressing: Displays whether the device is read via the primary or secondary address. Manufacturer: Name of the manufacturer (if included in the database). Type: Displays the device model (if included in the database) Details: Specifies the configuration if multiple configuration types exist for the device. You can select the data to be displayed in the Readout menu. The following is an example of possible display values for a device. It displays all the data originating from the device polling: The data is automatically filled out in the "User Description" column if the device exists in the level converter database. Otherwise, you can enter your own name. By default, the name under "User description" is the same as the one under "M-bus description". Devices included in the database are also preset in the "Main values" column, but can be edited. 20 / 36

21 Meter search You can search for devices connected to the level converter as soon as the level converter is connected to the PC. This process must be conducted if one or more devices are newly added to the plant or a new plant is created. Select the Meter search submenu and start the search with Start. The search type is defined under Settings / M-bus interface (see Section "M-bus interface settings (level converter)" pg. 26. By default, the software first searches by primary addresses (1 250). It then attempts to find additional devices with a search by secondary addresses (serial numbers). The transmission rate is set by default to A status line displays search progress and activity on the M-bus. 21 / 36

22 The following information is displayed on the search: Total number of meters: Displays the total number of devices found. New found meters: Displays the total number of newly found devices. Baud rate: Displays the transmission rate used by the software to search for new devices. Status of meter search Current address: Displays the primary address or secondary address (serial number) currently used for searching. The search by secondary addresses uses wildcard logic to be able to find all devices. Note The search by secondary addresses is based on collision detection on the M-bus that occurs when polling a serial number range (e.g. 06XXXXXX). All devices on the bus must react to this query as per the M-bus protocol. There is a slight possibility that individual devices are not recognized during this process. In this case, you can assign these devices a primary address and then start the search by primary addresses. The device search concludes as soon as all possible primary and/or secondary addresses are polled. The devices, responding to polling, are then displayed on the meter list. If the level converter finds an entry on the detected devices in its database, it displays it in the software with an image of the model. Some information on the device is automatically taken over in this case. Additional information must be entered manually on devices not included in the database (see section "Wired (M-bus)" pg. 19) Each found device must have a name: Device name: Enter a unique name for the device. The device is listed in the report under this name. Description 1: Enter a brief description of the device. This description is displayed in the report. Description 2: You can enter a second short description to more easily identify the device. 22 / 36

23 Click Save to add the device with its information to the opened plant. The device symbol on the device list changes after saving: Newly found, but not yet saved devices. The device has not yet been added to the plant. Previously saved device. The device has been added to the plant. Click Save all to add all found devices to the opened plant. Note Devices can be listed multiple time if they do not respond to a query Readout Use the Readout submenu to get the measured values. Click Start to readout all the devices on the meter list. As soon as a device is successfully read, the message "OK" is displayed in the "Acquisition status" column. If unsuccessful, the message "ERROR" displays. The read out device data can be sorted by column content: User description M-bus description Readout value Type Tariff You can save the data, if all devices were correctly read, to the plant by clicking the Save readout button. 23 / 36

24 3.3.6 Wireless (wm-bus) Repeater settings You can acquire and edit RF converter settings. Note Click to delete the corresponding RF converter. You can only delete devices that are not currently connected. 24 / 36

25 Repeater settings Administer access to the RF converter Caution! You can edit the following fields in the pane. Description 1 Description 2 Install date New password: You can enter a new password for the RF converter. Select Change password. Mesh address: Enter the Mesh ID. Ensure that all RF converters and the web server are on the same network. Mesh channel: You can change the channel ID in the event of faults. wm-bus mode: Select an operating mode: C, S, and T mode. Save the settings on the plant by clicking Save configuration. COM-Port: Select AUTO if you are connected the RF converter to the PC using the USB connection and click Connect. The COM port value changes to COM* and the RF converter data is read. Access password: You can log in using the default password if the "Default password" is selected or define your own password. FW revision available: The ACT531 software is supplied with the current firmware. The current firmware can also be transmitted to the RF converter. Additional information is available in section Update firmware, page 25. Serial number: The serial number cannot be changed. Recovery password: Sends a new password if you have forgotten the password. New password: Set your own password after receiving a password. Confirm the new password Update firmware Do not disconnect the PC and RF converter while the firmware is being updated and do not switch off the RF converter. Select the desired firmware from the field FW update available. Click Firmware to initiate the firmware update to the current version. Click OK. On the RF converter, press buttons 2, 3, and 4 at the same time and wait until the update is completed. 1 Power (AC V) 2 Local settings S1 3 Local settings S2 4 Reset button 5 USB connection 6 LED mesh network TX-RX 7 LED wireless M-bus network TX-RX Repeater data Displays the RF converter data including the current firmware version, serial number, error code, current date and time, data on wm-bus and Mesh network. The Read current configuration button: Reads out the RF converter configuration data. The Send configuration to repeater button: Sends the data entered at "Repeater settings" to the RF converter. 25 / 36

26 Administer device list You can create a list containing up to relevant 500 devices for a specific RF converter. This list has a higher priority than the list on the web server. If a list is loaded (in.csv of rpt format), only those devices contained in this list will be taken into consideration by the RF converter and transmitted to the web server M-bus interface settings (level converter) The submenu M-bus settings permits the following settings: Search method: You can search for devices connected to the level converter in various ways (see the product documentation on the meters and level converter): Primary address: Search by primary addresses Secondary address: Search by the secondary address (the device serial numbers/fabrication number) Primary + secondary address: Search by primary addresses and secondary addresses (serial numbers) 26 / 36

27 Baud rate: The default transmission setting is 2400 bps. For different transmission rates, see product documentation on the meters and level converters. Polling interval of the primary address: You can limit the search range of the primary addresses. The maximum address range is Additional settings: RST-APP: Starts the reset application prior to starting the search function (use only when the device expressly demands it). SND-NKE: Sends the M-bus command to initialize the M-bus devices prior to performing the read out. The Save button saves the settings. In the Level converter firmware pane, you can update the level converter's firmware: Current firmware version: Displays the current firmware version installed on the level converter. Available version: Displays the latest available firmware version for the level converter. The Update firmware button updates the firmware to the latest version Delete plants The Delete plant submenu deletes the currently opened plant. Click Yes to delete the opened plant. Caution! All data belonging to the plant, including all read outs, are irretrievably deleted. 27 / 36

28 3.3.8 Close plant The Close plant submenu closes all opened plants. Caution! Newly detected devices and newly acquired read outs are not automatically saved. Ensure, prior to closing the plant, that you have saved all desired devices and read outs. The program goes to the start page for the Plant menu after closing the plant. 28 / 36

29 3.4 Readout menu In the Readout menu, select Open readout. You can open an existing read out to view consumption data or generate a report. Displays a list of all read outs to date: Select filter criteria: All plants: Displays the read outs on all generated plants. Filter by plant: You can select the plant to view its read outs. All dates: No filtering by date. Filter by date: Displays read outs within the selected date range. Select the desired read out from the list and confirm with Open. 29 / 36

30 The following information is provided on the display: Meter list: Device fabrication number Device name Description (if entered) Device acquisition status Device acquisition date User: Displays the name of the user who triggered the read out. Comments: Displays any comments. Meter data: Displays the values as defined in the meter settings. Show main values only: Displays only the main values for the device (default setting) as per the device settings. If cleared, displays all values read from the meter. User description M-bus description Readout value Units Type Tariff Report options XLS: The report is created in XLS format CSV: The report is created in the CSV format Click Create report to create a report in the selected format. Select the save location and the report name to save the report: 30 / 36

31 Example of XLS report The following is an example of a report in Excel format for a plant with three meters: The report has the following elements in both XLS, as well as CSV format: Header: Displays the user, who generated the report, plant name, plant address, as well as data and time of acquisition. Meter data: This pane displays the data of devices belonging to the plant at the time of the readout. The first six columns are fixed and display the fabrication number, the name of the device, the description, date and time. The presence of the rest of the columns is based on the choices made on Meter data options on the Meter setup page and is based also on the meter type. Note The numbers in the reports are depicted as follows: Period as a 1000 separator. Comma as a decimal point separator. 31 / 36

32 3.5 Settings menu In the Settings menu, you have access to the setting options for the following components: M-bus interface (level converter) ACT Settings for the ACT531 software The Settings submenu has two panes: ACT531 update Login credentials The ACT531 firmware update pane has the following information and settings: ACT531 version: Displays the current software version. Click Search for online updates... to search for the latest software version and install. Meters database version: Displays the current version of the meter database. Click Search for online updates... to search for the latest version of the meters database and install. Data Backup: Generates a complete backup of all data and software settings in one file. Restore: Restores the data and software settings from a file previously created with data backup. In the Account login pane, you can edit the information for access to the software: Name: This is the name displayed while using the software. Username (default is "admin") Password (standard is "admin") Click Save to save the settings. After initial sign in, change the user name and password in order to protect the plant data stored on your PC against unauthorized access. 32 / 36

33 3.6 Exit menu The Exit menu exits the software. Back all edited data prior to closing the program! 4 Technical data System requirements Operating system Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 Processor architecture 32 or 64-bit Required libraries Microsoft C Ver (included in the installation file) RAM 4 GB Disk space 500 MB USB port 1.1 or higher Operation Languages Functional features Operable devices German, English, Italian Max (logical) M-bus devices 33 / 36 Building Technologies Technical data

34 Index A Address meter B Backup C Connect to RF converter Connect with level converter CSV D Driver F Firmware RF converter Functions... 7 H Home L Login M Main menu M-bus interface Menu Exit Plant Readout Settings Meter Search Setup Meters database N New plant P Plant Close Create Delete Plant data Primary address Primary addresses R Readout Restore S Secondary address Secondary addresses Settings M-bus interface Plant Software Setup Meter Software Installation Settings Software Version Start page Status Submenus T Technical data V Visual C W Web server simultaneously X XLS / 36 Building Technologies Index

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